Webpublications & Videos

TWO CONTEXTS: Kenya and Ethiopia

FOUR LANGUAGES: Afaan Oromo, Swahili, Digo, Gikuyu

‘Introduction to the Gikuyu language’ by Inge Brinkman

  • Introduction to the Gikuyu language_Inge Brinkman
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    Brinkman, Inge, ‘Introduction to the Gikuyu language’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2023) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/

‘Gikuyu narrative by Esther Njeri, 1’ by Inge Brinkman and James Wachira

  • Gikuyu_Narrative 1_Transcription & translation
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    Brinkman, Inge & James Wachira (eds.), ‘Gikuyu narrative by Esther Njeri, 1’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2023) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/.
  • Notes to the Gikuyu narrative by Esther Njeri (pdf)
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    Brinkman, Inge, ‘Notes to the Gikuyu narrative by Esther Njeri’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2023) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/.

‘Oromo narratives by Rahis Siraj Abba Simal, 1, 2 , 3’ by Megersa Regassa and Tsehay Dinsa

Regassa, Megersa & Tsehay Dinsa (eds.), ‘Oromo narratives by Rahis Siraj Abba Simal, 1, 2 , 3’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives  and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2024) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/.

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Regassa, Megersa, Tsehay Dinsa and Inge Brinkman, ‘Notes to the Oromo narratives by Rahis Siraj Abba Simal, 1, 2, 3’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2024) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/.

Swahili theatre play: ‘Nzala ya ndugu si mutu’, by Kwale Arts Troupe (May 2023).

A Swahili theatre play based on a Digo oral narrative

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TRANSCRIPTION: Nzala ya Ndugu si Muntu_Kwale Arts Troupe_Transcription

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  • Obure-Morang’a, Mark, Maud Devos & Inge Brinkman (eds.), ‘Transcription of Swahili theatre play ‘Nzala ya ndugu si mutu’ by Kwale Arts Troupe’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2023) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/.

Translation of the text will follow soon.

Notes on INTERVIEW with one of the actors: Interview with Juma Rang’ombe, Kwale Arts Troupe

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  • Obure-Morang’a, Mark and Inge Brinkman, ‘Interview with Juma Rang’ombe, Kwale Arts Troupe, Kenya’, (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, August 2024) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/.

Theatre play based on an Oromo oral narrative, by Jimma University Theatre Group (May 2024).

A theatre play based on an oral narrative in Afaan Oromo

Theatre Play_Jimma University_May 2024

Transcription, translation and notes will follow soon.

 

‘Once upon a time in the classroom’ by Anke Vermeulen

This concerns a Educational Master’s project from Ghent University, consisting of an internship at a Flemish Highschool and this thesis.

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    Vermeulen, A. 2023. Once upon a classroom : A project exploring how fairy tales can be used as a tool for reflection in high schools. Master’s dissertation, Ghent University.